You say you hope this is the most logistically difficult movie you ever have to do. Do you not expect Blade Runner 2 to be logistically difficult?
Broderick: It’s a different exercise.
Andrew: That movie is complex in other ways, but in terms of logistics, look, by its very nature, a film like Blade Runner is a world creation picture. You’re creating a unique world like Ridley did in the first film and like we’re going to do with Denis and Roger in the sequel. When I’m talking about logistics, in the real life of moving a film crew and equipment off the top of Angel Falls to the top of the Jungfrau, or flying in formation four people at 140 miles an hour in proximity suits through the crack in Walenstadt, that’s real logistics.
I guess what I’m saying to you, Fred, is when you’re doing something where you’re in a stage environment, there’s a sense of control. On a backlot you’re controlling the environment. When you’re on the top of a mountain, the mountain doesn’t give a **** if you’re making a movie.
Broderick: Or you’re chasing waves all over the world and you have a unit that’s literally on a 48 hour standby to fly anywhere in the world, to then setup and get a particular wave, that’s a different level. You’re trying to do it on budget and safely, that’s a different level of logistics than any of these superhero movies or even world creation movies. It’s just different. Blade Runner is just an artistic challenge.
Can it be as contemplative as the original was or is there pressure to make it more of an action movie?
Andrew: The answer to that is we won’t get into any details on that other than to say, to be as contemplative as the original film? Absolutely.
Broderick: Yes, the answer is yes.
Andrew: It’s a one word answer.
Broderick: It has the same DNA as the first movie which was very important to us, which is why Hampton and Ridley and the people involved are still involved and helped create this world.
One more on that. It’s still Untitled Blade Runner Project. Is the title likely to include the words Blade Runner?
Andrew: No comment. Fred, here’s the thing, you will know very shortly what the answer is, but no comment today.
Oh, do you have an announcement planned?
Andrew: There will be an announcement coming up, absolutely.
Broderick: When we’re ready to announce, give him a call and let him know it’s coming.
Andrew: I think realistically, given that we only have really three business weeks in the year, I would say realistically, I’m comfortable saying in the first quarter of next year. Maybe in the first half of the first quarter of next year, first six weeks of the year.
It's happened before. All I'm saying is it's possible it can happen again. I'm just examining the possibilities. I'm not saying things will definitely go wrong like it's a fact and I'm dreading it, but I'm just considering what could happen and won't be surprised if things do fall apart. I don't see myself as pessimistic for the sake of it, I see it as just being cautionary.
